BRIDGE DECK · PILOT

The Pilot

BJÖRN JELINEK

Björn has worked in CAD and parametric design for more than 15 years. He teaches Rhino and Grasshopper at Paraflow, runs CNC and laser fabrication at Cutform — and Hivemaster is where the art happens.

The work people know him for is the Stargate — the portal that stood on the Hive stage at Mo:Dem Festival for about a decade before it retired in 2026. Everything starts the same way: a definition written by hand in Rhino and Grasshopper, no AI in the geometry. What comes out of it gets laser-cut, assembled and lit.

SYSTEMS ON BOARD
RHINOGRASSHOPPERPARAMETRIC DESIGNSTARGATE ENGINEERINGLED SYSTEMSCNC MILLINGLASER CUTTING
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FLIGHT LOG

Milestones

The route so far — from the first gate on the Hive stage to the files anyone can build from.

[YEAR] The first Stargate on the Hive stageThe gate goes up at Mo:Dem Festival in Croatia — the start of about ten years on the Hive stage. [Confirm the year.]
2018 Stargate 2018 and the DNA TowerA full installation at Mo:Dem: the gate, the tower, thousands of laser-cut parts and a 30,000-LED system held at 65 % while the festival runs.
[YEAR] Ocaso Festival, Costa RicaTwo builds on the Guanacaste coast for the techno and house festival held in the first days of January. [Confirm the years.]
2023 Monegros Desert FestivalA stage for the desert festival run by the Arnau family — elrow — on the Finca Les Peñetes site near Fraga, Aragón, carrying the same 30,000-LED system.
2026 End of an eraThe Hive Stargate retires after a decade at Mo:Dem.
2026 hivemaster.artThe definitions, the vector files and the objects step out from behind the stage: Grasshopper tools on Patreon, physical pieces through HiveVisions.
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